Assistant Director of Finance - Transitions & Development

Assistant Director Of Accounting, Transitions & New Development

Pyramid Global Hospitality is a leading hospitality management company with a portfolio of more than 200 hotels and resorts and over 18,000 associates across the United States, Caribbean, and Europe. Our platform includes Benchmark Resorts & Hotels, a collection of distinctive independent properties;
Axiom Hospitality, our European hotel management company; and PYRAMID WORKS, which provides integrated workplace and facilities services. With corporate offices in Boston, The Woodlands, Texas, and London, Pyramid combines global scale with a hands-on approach focused on exceptional service, operational excellence, and long-term partnerships.

At Pyramid, our people are at the heart of everything we do. We are committed to creating an environment where associates are respected, supported, and empowered to grow their careers. Team members have the opportunity to collaborate directly with experienced leaders, take on meaningful stretch assignments, and gain exposure to a diverse portfolio of properties, brands, and markets. Whether you are beginning your hospitality career or bringing years of experience, you'll find opportunities to learn, develop, and make an impact.

Our commitment to associates, guests, owners, and the communities we serve has helped make Pyramid and our properties among the most recognized in hospitality. From being named among the best places to work by respected publications such as USA Today, The Boston Globe, and The Houston Chronicle to earning top travel accolades from Travel + Leisure, Condé Nast Traveler, Forbes Travel Guide, and U.S. News & World Report, these recognitions reflect the culture, service excellence, and commitment to people that define the Pyramid experience.

What you will have an opportunity to do:

The Assistant Director of Accounting, Transitions & New Development is a key leadership role within the hotel transitions team responsible for organizing, managing, and tracking accounting-related transition needs for hotel properties passing through Pyramid's transition and new development processes. This position reports to the Transition and New Development Department while being based in Pyramid's Central Accounting Office and partnering closely with the CAO team to ensure accounting processes, systems, banking requirements, reporting standards, and training activities are completed accurately, timely, and in alignment with company standards, hotel management agreements, loan documents, USALI, and GAAP.

• Serve as a key transition leader responsible for managing, organizing, and tracking accounting-related transition requirements for hotel transitions and new development projects.
• Participate in the due diligence process for transitioning properties to identify property setup requirements across all accounting functions and ensure transition needs are addressed in a thorough and timely manner.
• Identify and communicate required hotel bank accounts and merchant IDs to the PGH Treasury team, supporting timely setup or transition in compliance with hotel management agreements and loan documents.
• Manage the import, conversion, and mapping of historical financial information into Pyramid systems and the company chart of accounts.
• Lead income journal mapping for newly transitioned hotels to ensure reporting aligns with USALI and GAAP standards.
• Develop and maintain the post-transition property training calendar while also delivering (through remote and select on-site sessions) and ensuring the success of said training such that property teams quickly become both comfortable and capable in their understanding of PGH accounting tools, systems, processes, weekly reporting, and standard operating procedures following transition.
• Direct and support the implementation and completion of transition processes and checklists, to include supporting the coordination of a thorough handoff to Regional Finance leaders when appropriate.
• Partner with CAO, Treasury, Regional Finance, property leadership, and transition stakeholders to drive rapid property stabilization after opening, acquisition, or transition.
• Identify risks, roadblocks, or process gaps during transition and escalate issues with recommended solutions to transition team leadership.
• Assist in the preparation of stub period budgets for recently transitioned properties and pre-opening budgets for new development properties.
• Assist in preparation and review of close-out transition reserves for properties transitioning out of PGH management.
• Participate in the preparation and review of proration schedules as prescribed by associated Purchase & Sale Agreements for transitioning hotels.
• Support continuous improvement of transition accounting procedures, documentation, checklists, templates, and training materials.
• Periodically travel to select newly transitioned properties to conduct in-person training with hotel teams

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting,…